The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-11-03
Literature.

STORED HOLIDAYS. BY. Z. s. Brooks.
Mr.. Brooks is capital story-teller, all read
| ers OF W idc Awake and st. Nicholas know, and
here are a dozen of his choicest, each OF them
dealing with sone English or American holi
day. There never was, says Mr.. Brooks in his
preface, holiday but had its store of stories
that might be told if only the heroes and hero
ines could find audience or opportunity. And
here they find both. The ''storied days of
the book are Christmas, New Years, st. Val
entne's Day. st. Patricks Day, April FOOLS
Day. May Day. Midsummer Eve. Independence
Day, Great Olympiad, Michaelmas, Haliowe-
en- and Thanksgiving. Ony one of these is ur-
familiar to the reader-that which tells Of the
herosm and devotion of the Spartan girl who
dared death to win the prize for her father at
the Olympian games. The scenes Of most of the
stories lie in England in the oldcn time, and
the author has caught admirably the spirit and
language of the days of Shakespeare and Eliza
beth. Among the historic characters which
appear in the pages Of the book are King James
More and his daughter Margaret, William
Penn, Francis Bacon, the famous Samuel
Pepys, and others less familiar to the reader.
Each story is accompanied by a full-page Illus
appeals strongly to young readers, for whom it
Is specially prepared. Illustrated. Price Sl50
| ID. Lothrop Company, Boston.
A HUNDRED FAMOUS AUTHORS. To be
exact, one hundred and two famous authors
find place in the fifth volume of the ''Cyclopo-
dia of Universal Literature" now issued. The
list is headed by Mary Cowden Clarke of Eng
| land, living. and closes with Cyprian, OF Garth
age, A. d. 200-25S. Between these appear the
names of not less than thirty-two American
authors (Which shows the great importance of
the work in this respect), including the names
OF 5. l.. Clemens (Mark Twain, Robert Colly-
er, j. Fenimore Cooper, Henry Clay, Bishop
Coke, F. $. Cozzens (author of Sparrowgrass
Papers), F. NJ. Crawford. and Geo. Wm
Curtis. French literature is represented by
Cousin and Compte, Chinese by Confucus,
| Italian by Colonna-and thus the whole world
Is brought under tribute. The Record of Phil
adclphia says: "'rhc plan of the work is GER
tnihly original. and excellent Judgment has
been shown both in the choice of authors aud
of subjects" The work is planned to be COM
| plctcd i'll fifteen volumes. The mechanical
part of the work is excellent, and its low cost
| only 30 cents for paper, 80 cents for cloth. 90
cents for half morocco bound volumes of near
ly 800 pases-paces it within the reach of al
most every one. Descriptive catalogue sent
free. John B. Alden, publisher, New York.
JACK THE FISHERMAN. BY Elizabeth Stuart
| Phelps. Miss Frances +. Willard president
| OF the National Womcn's Christian Temperance
| Union, writes, "'Jack the Fisherman seems
to me the strongest temperance story of our
time. Into it are woven with mastery skill
| the elements of the modern temperance reform,
namely true Christianity, the need for righto-
F! oti> laws, the necessity of wolnans coopera-
ton and, as a background, we have the awful
| curse and warning of transmitted evil under
| the law of hcredty. | shall urge all cur local
| Womens Christian Temperance Unions TO
read and circulate this telling story, SO strong
| ly told" Mrs. Mary A. Livcrmorc, the clni-
| nent lecturer, says: at is one of the most ar
t>tic and powerful temperance stories ever
written, and that Is the general verdict. read
it with strong crying and tears 10 Use Scrip
| turc language, and after acquiring sufficient
| self-control have read it aloud to three small
audiences. who sobbed and wept while listen
ing. wish 1t might be distributed by the mil
| lion copies. No s1tch story hGS ctef
been rritten.' With Illustrations. Price 50
cents. Houghton Miillin & Co., Boston,
LITTLE POLLY BLArcn1EY. BY Frances
C.,sparhawk. \ pleasant, quiet story for girls
! full Of home incident, its principal character.
little Polly, being evidently modelled upon
some genuine household darling Poly was
one of the naturally good children, although
She had occasionally her little bursts of enper,
which made her all the more iovahle when she
| got over them. She was always happy from
the fact that she had power of amusing her
self and entertaining everybody els al the same
time. so that she was kept from the fretfulnC>>
OF not knowing what TO do with herself. Her
experiences from the time she was .lunninc
about the nursery until she was big enough to
| try TO write prize stories, are very entGrtail-
| inglv told. Not all Of them of course. but
enough of them to show that she was just such
Il little gili is would be a treasure in any fam-
| ly. AS the real Polly undoubtedly was in her
own. The book is beautifully printed and
bound and is erammel with pictures. Price 81.
| ID. Lothrop Company. Boston.
| NOTES.
Miss Allegra LggIeston, a daughter of DR..
Egsleston. will illustrate her fathers novel.
| 1.-The Gr&ysoNS, in The Century
| Ilawthorne's "I',nglewood Tales" will he is
sued by Houghton, Mitin n Co., as holiday
volume, with illustrations by &. Wharton Ed
| wards
Short stories appear in the November Strb-
ncr's, by Rcbecca Harding Davis and Margaret
| Crosby. The former writes of life OH Louis
lana bayou plantation.
! \ number of remarkably fine portraits Of
well-hnown amateur athletes in motion, illus
| trate Dr. Sargents article in the November
Scribner's, on 1.-The Physical Characteristics Of
| Athletes"
Our Little Men and Women comes again
with It's twenty ligcs of stories and pictures
| for youngsters just beginning to read fer thcn
selves. 1t is as good for its use az Il pair of
| perfect skates and clear ice are for their use
| Children ought to have much fun III learn |
| ing to read as in learning to skate.
Those interested in modern yacht building
| Will ind III the article on "The Viking Ship" |
| in Scribners for November, a number of Illus |
| tratlons from photographs and drawings which |
| show in ,lnt,i th,, ,n.tInI nf ,o,t, ,,,,,;,,-.
th r.,n,ra .no a, Inv f t oi T;7 uGui7
Ill ;mr ~ ''Io .
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